Revision of Varanus marathonensis (Squamata, Varanidae) based on historical and new material: morphology, systematics, and paleobiogeography of the European monitor lizards

Monitor lizards (genus Varanus) inhabited Europe at least from the early Miocene to the Pleistocene. Their fossil record is limited to about 40 localities that have provided mostly isolated vertebrae. Due to the poor diagnostic value of these fossils, it was recently claimed that all the European sp...

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Published in:PLoS One
Main Authors: Villa, Andrea, Abella, Juan, Alba, David M., Almécija, Sergio, Bolet, Arnau, Koufos, George D., Knoll, Fabien, Luján, Àngel H., Morales, Jorge, Robles, Josep M., Sánchez, Israel M., Delfino, Massimo
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2018
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6281198/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30517172
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0207719
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